Celebrated today for his groundbreaking romantic poetry and acclaimed intellect, in 1812 Percy Shelley was seen as a dangerous radical by the establishment. Expelled from Oxford for his atheism he then scandalously eloped with Harriet Westbrook and the two of them went to Dublin to campaign for Irish independence. The play opens with Shelley fleeing Ireland with his young wife, his support for the failed rebellion making him a marked man. Their notoriety has led to constant surveillance by order of the Home Secretary and we meet them in North Devon trying to rebuild their lives and their political ambitions. Playwright Richard Bradbury explores the impact of political surveillance on relationships and what we can learn from the past now that we live in a world where we are constantly watched and recorded. Linking the past and present is an ever present theme in his work. Commissioned by the GLA for their commemoration of the two hundred year anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade his play ‘Become a Man’ about escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (London City Hall and the Hackney Empire) explored our contemporary response to slavery in the context of it’s history.
PIPPIN (12/11/25-1/11/26)
A Christmas Carol - As Told By Jacob Marley (Deceased) (12/15/25-12/22/25)
Upstairs At The Gatehouse is at 1 North Rd, Highgate Village, London N6 4BD, London.
Hauntings (11/23/25-11/23/25)
Moominvalley in November (10/23/25-11/16/25)
The Selfish Giant (10/18/25-10/19/25)
Accidental Death of an Anarchist (10/9/25-10/12/25)
Make England Great Again (9/30/25-10/19/25)
The Jive Aces (8/10/25-8/10/25)
The Musical Medea (7/29/25-8/3/25)
SHOUT! The Mod Musical (6/25/25-7/20/25)
Scouts! The Musical (6/18/25-6/22/25)
Videos
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Burn the Floor: Supernova
Brighton Dome (6/28 - 6/28) | |
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Precipice
New Diorama Theatre (11/11 - 12/13) | |
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Teechers
Theatr Clwyd (2/24 - 2/28) | |
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Burn the Floor: Supernova
Barbican (6/16 - 6/16) | |
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Fawlty Towers Revisited Weekend 28/02/2026
Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield M1,JCT.33 by IHG (2/28 - 3/1) | |
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The Strange Case of Jekyll & Hyde (steampunk theatre show)
Stokenham Village Hall (1/17 - 1/17) | |
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Burn the Floor: Supernova
Edinburgh Festival Theatre (7/12 - 7/12) | |
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